Rossellini‘s movies Viaggio in Italia and Stromboli are the intimate reason I went in Napoli and photographed ruins of Pompei and began my project Party and aches.

In these both movies, Ingrid Bergman plays a woman who has to deal with love, mariage and freedom. In both, the volcano helps her to find the truth. It is gorgeous. I think Rossellini capture something real about what the volcano (Stromboli or Vesuvio) gives to people. The volcano is a myth, a mother, a fear and a faith. It is pure and strong. The fictions are just a way to tell that.